Appearing in the TV series hit <Coffee Prince> was the chance of a lifetime for GONG Yoo when he was still a “pure young lad” in the public’s eyes. GONG played a handsome coffee shop owner finding himself irresistibly falling for his same sex employee, later turned out to be a woman disguised as a man. He captivated the hearts of Asian audiences and became a superstar overnight. The successful TV drama immediately made him part of the Korean pop culture fever, or... expand

Appearing in the TV series hit <Coffee Prince> was the chance of a lifetime for GONG Yoo when he was still a “pure young lad” in the public’s eyes. GONG played a handsome coffee shop owner finding himself irresistibly falling for his same sex employee, later turned out to be a woman disguised as a man. He captivated the hearts of Asian audiences and became a superstar overnight. The successful TV drama immediately made him part of the Korean pop culture fever, or hallyu (meaning Korean wave). His resume continued to grow following the success of the TV drama. He appeared in various films as a high school boy wanting to be a king of fighters in <My Tutor Friend> and a third-time university entrance examinee having a crush on a star attendant at a fast food chain in <Spy Girl>, and a baseball hero in the 1980s in <Mr. Gam's Victory>. Upon finishing his military service, GONG co-starred with [LIM Soo-jung] in <Finding Mr. Destiny>, a musical film to warm up his return to silver screen, which he did triumphantly with <Silenced> in 2011. The film is based on a novel that covered the sexual abuses at a school for the handicapped and caused a sensation, arousing much interest from the public regarding the actual incident. This led to the police re-opening the investigation on the school and the persecution of those responsible for the abuses. GONG displayed his seasoned performance as a teacher who keeps his conscience without submitting to the painful reality. He was next seen in the spy thriller The Suspect, which became a sizeable hit at the end of 2013. Switching gears, next for GONG was the new LEE Yoon-ki film <A Man and a Woman> where he played a character involved in an illicit romance with JEON Do-yeon in Finland. GONG returned to blockbuster fare with <Busan-Bound>, the first live action film from animation maestro YEON Sang-ho, about a zombie plague travelling to Busan on the high-speed KTX train. close

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